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Why Iranians like me long for the Shah’s return
As Iranians defiantly take to the streets, many outsiders wonder why the crowds are chanting the name of the late…
Crime in London is worse than Khan admits
‘Whatever your business in London is’, claimed the capital’s police chief Mark Rowley yesterday, ‘we’re creating a safe environment for…
Can Iran’s protestors keep going?
As Iran enters the third week of nationwide protests, the pace of events has become dizzying. News breaks by the…
Is the Supreme Court poised to back trans bans?
It’s been a less than stellar year for trans activists. Shortly after taking office last January, President Trump signed an…
Claire Foy and the future of celebrity activism
When the actress Claire Foy – still best known for her deservedly award-winning performance in The Crown – was interviewed…
Trump flips off Ford worker – and boasts about revving the US economy
“This is the easiest speech to make,” President Trump was saying. “We have great people. And all I’m doing is…
Compulsory digital ID is dropped
Keir Starmer has just made his 13th u-turn since taking the No. 10 keys. The government, this evening, decided that…
West Midlands Police is rotten to the core
Each new revelation that has followed the banning of Israeli football fans from Birmingham shows that West Midlands Police is…
Hegseth’s vision is more Starship Troopers than Starfleet Academy
“Welcome to Starbase, Texas,” Elon Musk said from the stage Monday night, as the crowd whooped. “This is a city. It’s actually…
Why Ed Davey is happy being boring
The Sopranos is not an obvious starting point when discussing the Liberal Democrats. But a TV programme about mafia, murder…
TikToks won’t stop illegal migration
The Labour government may not like X these days but they have turned to another social media platform in their…
The Shah can’t save Iran
When authoritarian regimes start to wobble, outside observers often reach instinctively for the single, familiar idea of ‘the alternative’. It…
Why won’t the government buy the RAF new helicopters?
Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement last February that the government would increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP from…
This Labour government is fascinatingly awful
The eerie and the uncanny fascinate us, whether it’s the abominable snowman, the Loch Ness monster or the Bermuda Triangle.…
Is Reform really becoming the Tory party 2.0?
Nadhim Zahawi, the one-time Tory chancellor and former vaccines minister, has joined Reform UK. But is that a good thing?…
Why London feels lawless
Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan Police, has been discussing London’s crime rates. Rowley it seems, is eager to…
Why can’t a Jewish MP visit his local school?
Ruth Wisse defines anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism as ‘the organisation of politics against the Jews’, and in Britain it is striking just…
Where are the Western feminists standing up for Iran’s women?
As Iranians revolt against the brutal Islamic theocracy that has throttled their civilisation since 1979, striking images of young Persian…
How much will net zero cost?
In the race to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, many Whitehall departments, Westminster thinktanks and independent bodies have produced…
Lords hit back at Chagos deal – again
When David Lammy announced that the Chagos Islands were to be handed over to Mauritius, it was greeted as the…
Trump is playing geopolitical Monopoly with Greenland
Donald Trump is playing hemispheric monopoly. Depending on what day of the week it is, the President’s focus alternates between…
The trouble with Jerome Powell
Lost in the hysterical media bleating about a new criminal investigation into Jerome Powell is any attempt to report fairly…
The conservative case for an under-16 social media ban
Nearly 20 years ago, encouraged by the Labour peer Lord Adonis, I joined the revolution to create academy schools in…
Starmer’s team could ban Musk’s X
During Covid, it used to be asked what Boris Johnson the journalist would make of Boris Johnson the Prime Minister.…
Nadhim Zahawi’s defection is bad news for Reform
Nadhim Zahawi has become the most senior Conservative to defect to Reform. Nigel Farage looked delighted as he welcomed the…
